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The above example perfectly illustrates how confusing (and humorous at the same time) the English language can be. There are words in the English language that could be a verb or a noun, depending on how you use it!

‘Toast’ is both a verb as well as a noun. ‘Toast’ as a verb usually applies to the act of heating bread in toaster oven. As a noun, it refers to the bread itself. This could create a lot of confusion in speech and writing!

This is just one example of the many tricky pot-holes that one would come across in his or her journey of English learning. Using Ginger Software would guide you along and help you to avoid falling into these potholes.

So download Ginger to avoid embarrassing mistakes and improve your English communication!

We all know that ‘enormous’ is used to describe something that is huge. Since ‘enormous’ is an adjective (a descriptive word), what is the noun of ‘enormous’?

Did you guess ‘enormity’?

If you did, you are way off! Former U.S. President, George HW Bush, made the same mistake when he described his feeling after being elected.

‘Enormity’ is the noun that means extreme evil.

To some, it must have been very foreboding when George HW Bush said “he couldn’t believe the enormity of what had happened” after winning the election. To others who knew the correct meaning of the word, that would have been one of the greatest embarrassments ever.

So while 2 words might have very similar spellings, do not assume they have related meanings! The English language is full of its own peculiarities. So always use Ginger Software to avoid embarrassing mistakes and improve your English! =)

Today’s quantifiable words-of-the-day: a few, a handful, several, a couple.

While ‘a few’, ‘a handful’, and ‘several’ can be used interchangeably, it is common for most people to use ‘a couple’ wrongly. Strictly speaking, ‘a couple’ refers to a quantity of two. So if you say you’ll be somewhere in a couple of minutes, it literally means you’ll be there in 2 minutes!

Nonetheless, ‘a couple’ has been used so frequently in a figurative manner than its meaning is somewhat diluted.

So as the diagram shows, ‘a couple’ actually means having a quantity of 2, but it can go up to a quantity of 5 and, hence, become interchangeable with the other quantifiable words.

Ginger Software uses a very unique and very powerful software algorithm that allows it to correct 95 percent of writing errors. Most writing-correction software only corrects spelling and a minimal extent of grammatical errors. Even when these software pick out a grammatical error, the suggested corrections are, more often than not, just as wrong in a contextual sense.

Ginger Software is able to understand the logic of a sentence, filter out any writing mistakes, and offer you suggested corrections. Its algorithm allows it to do this with much accuracy.

Bear in mind that writing errors include spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors. Ginger’s algorithm draws from a huge database that allows it to offer accurate suggestions. All these lead to a better user experience and something that Ginger users can derive a lot of value from.

The English language, while one of the most prevalent languages today, is not an easy language to learn in relative terms. Ginger Software is your friendly companion in your quest to improve your command of the English language.

And while we’re on the topic of English language and other languages, here’s a hilarious video of English translation to other languages.